@me: "Booted up this morning, and I'm now sitting here with a twisted
screen. Sides were all curved in, with black. Been fiddling with the
buttons, so now it is curved in at the right hand side and still a
lump of black at the top. So, some more fiddling called for. Problem
is, I get one part put right, and another goes wrong. It's not Friday
13th...No, it's not.
Evelyn"
    @jackie_69: "<quote>
Oh! Evelyn you are having problems but I'm afraid I can't help. I did have
monitor problems like you have years ago but I think I just kept `fiddling`
and I eventually got it right again.Hope someone comes and helps you soon.
Jackie
o0o0o"
    @Rabbit_is: "news:<email_address>
<quote>
Not sure if this will help but have you gone to the desktop right clicked
and propertiessettings and check the resolution is right.That's probably
not the answer but you might not have seen that bit in XP yet so it's not a
lost cause :-)
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.
<url>"
    @me: "On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:22:09 +0100, "Rabbit" <email_address>
wrote:
<quote>
Tried that. resolution is OK. Got your snail mail.
Evelyn"
    @Rabbit_is: "news:<email_address>
<quote>
Oh well that's the extent of my techie knowhow :-(
 > Got your snail mail.
Shhh don't tell everybody or they will all be looking for big fat cheques
;-)
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.
<url>"
    @mcc5959: "BTDTGTTS!
Does it look something like this Evelyn?
<url>
Mine has been like it for some time now. The DOS part of the boot-up is
all distorted and to one side of the monitor screen, but, thanks to a
lot of jiggery-pokery with the geometry buttons, I have got the Windows
screen to look "normal".
Don't know if it's the monitor or the graphics card that is on its last
legs. If whatever it is decides to give up the ghost completely, I might
just get myself an Apple Mac lap-top.
Dear Santa,
I would like.......
 :-))
MCC"
    @Rabbit_is: "news:uuxhnthp2yxh.h5s71xcdt69i$<email_address>
<quote>
Oh that looks odd, never seen that before and TBH hope I never do ;-)
Cue r@y  You do realise that being a Mac owner turns you into a GOM like r@y
???;-)
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.
<url>"
    @Rabbit_is: "news:uuxhnthp2yxh.h5s71xcdt69i$<email_address>
<quote>
Dear MCC
Thank you for your letter to my husband unfortunately the pressie you want
is much in demand so you will have to be a very good boy from now on, don't
forget Santa will be watching you wherever you are.
Mrs Santa"
    @Rabbit_is: "news:<email_address>
<quote>
Oh dear :-((((( Hope there is a simple answer out there.
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.
<url>"
    @mcc5959: "<quote>
What I did with mine, Evelyn, was to press the choice on the monitor's
settings menu that resets everything to the factory settings and then
had to keep adjusting this, that and the next setting until it became
useable again.
Yours looks like a bad case of pin-cushion distortion.
MCC"
    @mcc5959: "<quote>
I had a play with an Apple Mac laptop in Comet the other day and thought
to myself that this is the way computing should be - totally intuitive.
I've used nothing but MS-DOS or Windows since I first bought a computer
in 1984/5 although the very first one had CP/M, but the Mac OS just
seemed "right" somehow. 
PCs can be built by any number of companies who then add on whatever
software they choose or, cynic that I am, are being paid to put on by
software companies. 
At least Apple build all their own computers and write the operating
system so there just has to be less chance for anything to go wrong.
Letter on its way to Santa at the North Pole as we speak :-))
MCC"
    @mcc5959: "<quote>
Dear Mrs Santa
I am always a good boy nowadays - at my age I don't have much choice to
be anything else :-((
I can understand the Apple Mac laptop being a highly sought-after
pressie though, but I don't mind waiting :-)
MCC"
    @Rabbit_is: "news:d0bwtmuhjoo9$.scfv8by8lc8m$<email_address>
<quote>
I must admit I've never played ( eh don't you mean investigated ????;-))
with one but I do admit ( but don't tell r@y) that I've only heard good
things about them from some of my Merkin friends who have the laptops. I
still believe though that Apple missed the boat when Windows brought the PC
to the common masses, if Apple had done the same there might just be more
owners here now.
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.
<url>"
    @Rabbit_is: "news:11vrx72dh36r8$<email_address>
<quote>
What's that please?
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.
<url>"
    @mcc5959: "<quote>
Distortion where the two sides are concave in shape - sometimes happens
to the top and bottom edges as well.
Barrel distortion is the opposite, where the sides curve outwards.
MCC"
    @flyingnun: "<quote>
Exactly what you saw on Cobweb's link.  There should be a *pincushion*
adjustment facility in the monitor menu,  but what Cobweb has does look a
bit excessive to me
Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard melodies are sweeter
 <email_address> FN 2��4 +,  Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland"
    @Rabbit_is: "news:<email_address>
<quote>
Ta muchly.I love the things I learn in here, keeps the old grey matter going
:-)
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.
<url>"
    @flyingnun: "<quote>
My monitor has 4 buttons on the front of the case:
menu - select - up - down  I press the the menu button and the choices then
appear on the screen You then navigate through the menu - select the
adjustment you want then adjust using the up - down buttons.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard melodies are sweeter
 <email_address> FN 2��4 +,  Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland"
    @Rabbit_is: "news:<email_address>
<quote>
Have you looked in Display properties ? Settings tab and advanced? I
honestly don't know if the required settings are in there but it will give
you something to play with :-)
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.
<url>"
    @me: "On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:01:07 +0100, "Flyi�g �u� 2��4 +"
<quote>
I've just got three buttons. Select-minus-or plus signs. I press the
Select button and a little light pops on under each alteration little
picture, then I press + or - after that. I'ev got top and bottom not
bad, bit still a slight barrel to the sides, even this post box is
curved at the sides
Evelyn"
    @flyingnun: "<quote>
Presumably you have had to set the adjustment to the end of it's travel
then.  Sounds like a fault with the monitor circuitry.   Might be worth
checking for a more up to date driver for the graphics card though.   If you
have another w*rking monitor you could borrow and try that,  at least you'll
be able to see if the fault lies with your monitor or not.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard melodies are sweeter
 <email_address> FN 2��4 +,  Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland"
    @me: "On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:07:04 +0100, "Rabbit" <email_address>
wrote:
<quote>
Been all through there. Can't see anything which relates to my prob.
But, it came on like this, this morning. So will hope the good
gremlins come in tonight, and put it right for tomorrow morning. :-)
PS. Did you get my email?
Evelyn"
    @flyingnun: "<quote>
Sounds like a good time to implement the*ߺ�* fix method methinks.
Don't forget the foot stamping though - could be critical.  :-)
Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard melodies are sweeter
 <email_address> FN 2��4 +,  Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland"
    @mcc5959: "<quote>
When mine happened there was no warning - just a distorted "picture"
when I re-booted one morning when it been perfectly OK immediately prior
to re-booting. 
If the good gremlins do visit you would you please send them to Cornwall
afterwards? Ta :-)
MCC"
    @Rabbit_is: "news:<email_address>
<quote>
Yes I did ta. I've been a bit caught up trying to rescue washing to reply
though :-(
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.
<url>"
    @Rabbit_is: "news:<email_address>
<quote>
manufacturer;
Ah but they do ever so well with *product placement* now. There's hardly a
film or TV series with a pooter or laptop in it which isn't instantly
recognisable as an Apple.
Wasn't there somebody big connected with Apple who was in at the birth of
MS?
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.
<url>"
    @Rabbit_is: "news:<email_address>
<quote>
There's just something in my rememberer which connected the two but
unfortunately I can't grab it just now. I might in the middle of the night
though ;-)
Sandra
People will forget what you said.
People will forget what you did, but
People will never forget how you made them feel.
<url>"
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